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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Kyle O'Sullivan

Where Michael Jackson's chimp Bubbles is now - tried to kill himself and abused

On the surface it looked like Bubbles the chimpanzee lived a great life with Michael Jackson - but the reality was rather disturbing.

After buying Bubbles from an animal trainer for $65,000 in the 1980s, the pair became almost inseparable and were often photographed together.

Bubbles lived a remarkably different life to any other chimpanzee, travelling with the King of Pop during the Bad world tour and even drinking tea with the mayor of Osaka in Japan.

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